| AGLEY | How the best laid plans of mice and men oft go |
| BEST | "The ___-laid plans of mice and men..." |
| LAID | The best-___ plans of mice and men ... |
| LETTE | Kathy ?, author of novels Best Laid Plans and Courting Trouble |
| PLANS | "The best laid ___ of mice and men..." |
| SCHEMES | Fate of 'the best laid ------- o' Mice an' Men', observed by 'Brit' 70006 poet (7) |
| AWRY | Best-laid plans often go ___ |
| OFMICEANDMEN | Best-laid plans (that is, what's expected to succeed) (2,4,3,3) |
| AGLEE | "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft ___" |
| GANGAFT | "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men ----/---- agley" (4,3) |
| BESTLAID | "The ___ plans of mice . . ." |
| NECKANDNECK | How the best races end at the vampire Olympics? |
| AMBIDEXTROUSLY | How the best pickpockets work, said Ambrose Bierce |
| EXPERTLY | How the best performers do it (8) |
| ADLIB | Laid Plan B open to improvisation (2-3) |
| LIEFALLOW | Foil a well laid plan to remain uncultivated (3,6) |
| UPSETTHEAPPLECART | Spoil a carefully laid plan (5,3,5-4) |
| DELORME | Philibert -; an architect who designed the first plans of the Tuileries Palace for Catherine de' Medici in the 16th century (2,1'4) |
| BLUEPRINTS | Detailed plans of an unhappy prince, by the sound of it (10) |
| SCHEDULES | Plans of procedure for projects, allotting tasks and the time for them (9) |
